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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
WILL STRIKE BACK.

Our Canadian Neighbors Propose to Strike
Back if the Retaliatory Measure is En-
forced-American Interests That Would
Suffer.
BoSToN March 3.-An Ottawa special to
the 4lterti$Cr says that it was decided by
the Cabinet on Monday to provide against
the emergency created by the RetaliatOry
bill 1t was settled that the first step
should be through the customs, and ac
cordingly the minister Of that department
will, on the opening of the House, intro
duce measure raising the duties on all
goods imported from the United States:
the bill to go into effect upon the carrying
out of the Edmunds bill by the President
The classification of goods as far as 1t
has gone, embraces more than 600 articles,
and is by no means completed. The fol-
lowing are some of the new rates: Inks.
brass, copper 50 per cent; fish of all
kinds, canned or sailed, ~ per cent;
breadstuffs, manufactured iron and lead,
40 per cent; cotton manufactures. A per
cent: wood and manufactures thereof, 80
per cent; wool ana manufactures thereof,
81 per cent
BosToN, March 3.--An Ottawa special
says: Last nights news from Washing
ton has led the government to the belief
Iudt dlIcI all, inc retaliation measure Is
not likely to assume a formidable shape
Referring to the subject, Hon j. j. Pope,
Minister of Railways, drew attention to
the enormous amount of American capital
which was invested IN the numbering
trade of Canada. which would receive IL
severe blow if the bill stopping all COM
merclal intercourse was put in operation
United States Consul Thomas w. Hotch-
kiss last evening said he had conferred
with the State Department at W Washington
in behalf Of a large number Of Americans
having large pecuniary interests in Can
ada. whom he could see would be finan-
cially ruined were such non-intercourse to
be established.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
THE CURTIN COMMITTEE.

Repor, Submitted to the house "f Repre-
sentativcs by the Spccia! Committee or
the Southwestern Railroad Strik"-Ihe
strikers Had Gricvances-i he Black List
Condemned as Un-American.
WAsHINGTON March 3.-ChairIn2n Cur
tin of the special committee Of the House,
appointed at the first session o! tbs Con
9rcsS. on the Southwestern rdiirOa.t strike,
submitted II report to-day. II IS taken uF
largely in Il review of the strike It's lnccp-
ton and progress, with which the country
ie familiar, and states that the
loss to the nine thousand men
engaged in if for III" !iftF days
they We're out aggregated 500, 900,
while the non striking employees suffered
to the extent OF $500 600, and the railroads,
by loss of property and revenues, suffered
to the extent Of s., 500, coo. The loss 10 the
public can not the report says, ne com
putod. Combined Dor against com uin"t
capital is Endorsed.
The committee observe that whatever
may be the defects of the Interstate Com
mercc law. IN enlightened commission
soon to be appointed will recommend
prcmp. legislation to give the protection
which is needed to those VIII oare interested
only in the regular and proper operation
and management of the railroads.
The committee concludes that arbtra-
ton can not be effective, for the reason
that there must be two parties TO the ar
bitratiOn, and either may decline; and
when disturbances occur it would not De
effective in immediately Tedressng wrongs
and restoring the means of transit Of per
sons and property to the people OF the
country. 1t IS concluded further, that the
Missouri Pacific employees had grievances
of which they had just reason to complain,
and these may have extended or enlarged
the strike.
The oppression complained of was gen
er.;lly by subordinates who had power
over certain persons employed on the
road. They were asked to work without
adequate pay and without sufficient rest
The Texas Pacific had a "biackhst,o
which contained the names of some Of
the persons who had grievances,
and the committee declares that
by no combination or to no extent OF in
corporate power can tho listing Of an
American citizen as being unworthy OF
employment be justified.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

COMPOSITIONS on all the newspapers and
| job-offices of Milwaukee, Wis, went out
| on strike on the 1st for an increase Of
wages
A MEETING was held at Washington, on
| the 1st, of the National Council of the Ma
tional Union League
A FoIDING-BED factory at Chicago was
burned on the 1st and during the fire two
firemen were severely injured by fall.
THE chief of police of Cleveland has
finally made known officially who were
the ''fur robbers" and Ravenna muir
derers
ROME kilograms state that American
bishops indorse the Knights Of Labor,
and Cardinal Gibbons has made state
ment to the Vatican favorable to the
knights.
ADDISON WAT-RoUs, prominent dry
goods merchant of Waverly, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide on the 1st by shooting him
self through the heart.
SEVERAL Irish bishops have written to
the Pope expressing their disapproval of
the attitude Of Archbishops Croke and
Walsh on the matter of the National
Leagues plan of campaign.
A PORTLAND (Ore.) dispatch says that
the Legislature of British Columbia has
suspended Inc Guy Cnafbef OF ancOuVer,
and that an armed force will be sent to
capture the white men who committed
the late outrages on the Chinese colony.
THREE ladies, while boat-riding, lost
their lives i'll the Kanawha river, West
Virginia, on the I'd.
A STRIKE of grave diggers is the latest
labor alarm in New York City, and
crematories are looking up.
TWENTY THOUSAND persons are homeless
by reason Of the recent earthquakes in It.
ally. The material losses are estimated at
100000, falling mostly upon Industrious
villagers.
The United States Senate has ordered
the preparation of an index to its secret
journal for the fifty years from 1929 to
1879. The injunction of secrecy will
probably ca removed next autumn.
AN epidemic Of measles is raging in the
Ridge Avenue Orphans Home, at Allie
gheny City, Pa. Fifty of the children are
i'll with the disease, some half dozen or
more deaths having occurred, and the
physicians and attendants are appre-
hensive of the safety of the other inmates.
COUNT KALNoKY said in debate on the
ID that the Austrian Governments war
measures were partly defensive.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
Or. M'GLYNN.
The Deposed Priest Expects Soon to be Re
stored t" 81. stephens - The Apostolic
Benediction.

The Deposed Priest Expects Soon to be Re
stored to ST. stephens The Apostolic
Benediction.
New YORK, March 3.-Dr. McGlynn hat
appointed yesterday for his departure
from this city Tor Fortress Monroe, but
he has delayed his going in order
that he might leave his affairs in
complete order. He IS as anxious IL.
have his papers and his business Of all
kinds arranged to his satisfaction AS
though he never intended to come back.
He will start in about woek Henry
Carey, treasurer Of the Mc(flyun
fund, said yesterday he favored
disseminating the meetings of
the committee of the thirty-fivo Il is mis-
hope and belief. as well as that of many.
that Dr. McGlynn will be restored to st.
stephens, Whereupon he will imme-
diately. now that his health is I'M
proved: start for Rome. Dr. Nc
hymns Warlnest friends assert
that he is in communication with Poue
Leo. and that since Cardinal Gibbons has
been in Rome DR.. McGlynn has received
information through friends in the Vatican
that he need not despair This cxpccta
ton, they add, is the true cause of DR.,
McGlynns lingering in New Y or1 city.
parish was thrown into state of wild ex.
cltement last night Bonfires were built
and general JOY prevailed. Crowds of
the parlshioners gathered and congratu
lated one another upon the receipt of "A
cablegram from Rome addressed to DR..
Cary, the chairman of the Pensioners,
committee, as follows:
Your telegram was moss acceptable to the
sovereign pontiI1. who, returning thanks, I'M
parts most lovingly his apostolic benediction to
the Rev Father McGlynn, to you and to all the
faithful of the parish
tSigned M MocENn,
Father McGlynn was highly delighted.
and attributed the message to the repre-
sensations of Cardinal Gibbons, who is
now at Rome. He also believes that the
church VIII be most lenient to the labor
unions and that tho Pope is being en-
lightened on American matters. The
pensioners look for 4 speedy reinstata.
ment of their pastor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

JAMES LEWIS, prominent ritlzrA 81
Rockford, Ia, laboring under Il fit Of tern
porary ms anlty, drowned him self IA ,h..1
place on the 1St@
THE Massachusetts Supreme C0urt has
decided that. under the laws # that
State, ballot-bcx stutliiny on license cleo
tons is not a crime
TIE Austrian court is making elaborate
preparations to celebrate the ninctlctA
birthday of the Emperor of Germany.
THE result of the second bailotng5 IN
Germany for members Of the Reichs tag
do not appear to be Is favorable 10 tho
government as to the opposition.
Italian sentiment appears to be against
the proposed new triple alliance. There l.
a suspicion that Austria can not give re
liable guarantee for its pcrluancucy.
CHIEF JUSTICE MORRISON of the Cali,
fornia Supreme Court died OR the ii.
Mr.. MILLER, Commissioner Of informal
Revenue. has sufficiently recovered from
his recent Illness to be able to resume his
duties at the Treasury Department.
THE coroner's jury in the case Of Wake
field Gains (colOred1, whose dismemOered
body was found in a creek near Edding-
ton, Bucks County. Pa, February II, rem
dered a verdict on the 2d that Gaines
came to his death at the hands of George
Wilson, and that Mrs. Tabbs was Access
sorry to the crime.
An earthquake shock was felt on the
south side of Long Island about half-past
four o'clock on the afternoon of the ID.
Windows ratified and the observatory was
shaken. The vibrations lasted several sec
onds.
The Mt. Carmel Pa.) shaft colliery,
operated by the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron Company, has resumed
work after nine months idleness. The
resumption of operations gives employ
ment to 1000 hands.
THE remains of Edward Kuehl, found
dead in bed at Omaha, Neb., were sent to
Buffalo, n. Y, on the I'd, in accordance
with his will to be cremated. His ashes
are to be placed in an urn and placed over
the bar of popular saloon in Omaha, in
compliance with his will.
THE President has recognized Denis
Donahoe as Consul of her Britannia
Majesty for the States of California, Ore
gon and Nevada, and for the Territories
of Washington, Idaho, Utah and Arizona
to reside at San Francisco, and Francis
L. Grave, Consul of her Britannia Majesty
for the States of Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and Kentucky, to reside at
Baltimore.
PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT has been
confirmed by the Senate.
THE British Government is taking steps
to control the Canadian colonial fishery
matters.
JOHN WALTERS, an Irishman. of Detroit,
Mich, aged one hundred and eight years,
and Auscey Demo Whela, Spaniard of
Dahlonega, GA, aged one hundred and
six years, died on the Cd
AN adverse report was agreed upon by
the Senate committee ON the District of
Columbia on the nomination of James NJ.
Trotter for Recorder of Deeds of the Dis
trict.
THE Treasury Department has decided
that the wife of a Chinese laborer is per-
son whose original entry into this country
is prohibited by the Chinese Restriction
act.
THE announcement from Washington
that the House had receded and passed
the Edmunds bill caused great excite
ment and rejoicing among vessel-ovvner:
and fishermen at Gloucester, Mass.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE bill to prevent the employment of
convict and alien labor upon public works,
and of convict labor in the preparation of
materials for public works, passed by the
Senate on the 2Sth had already passed
the House and is now in the hands of the
President
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE Supreme Court of the State of New
York has ordered the reinstatement Of
Second Assistant Chief McCabe, of the
New York City fire department, dis
missed for calling out large part of the
department to big fire on the 18th of July
last
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE Secretary of State has transmitted
to Berlin a silver vase, presented by the
President to Captain H. Bruins of the Ger
man steamship Weser, for rescuing the
Captain and crew Of the American
schooner Aurora, March 8, 1886.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

SECRETARY MANNING, who has had nnder
consideration a trip to England for the
benefit Of his health, has decided not to
take such trip, as he is afraid it might
affect him injuriously. He will remain in
Washington few days longer and then
go to New Y ork.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

The President, on the I'd, approved the
Military Academy Appropriation bill, the
regular Pension Appropriation bill, the
act 70 organize the hospital relief corps Of
the United States and the act IN regard
to the importation of mackerel during the
spawning season.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

a son Of Ex-Governor English, of In
diana, was arrested at New York on the
10th, just as he was about to sail for En-
gland on the steamship Etruria An In
dianapolis widow is the complainant and
she makes some serious charges against
the gentleman in question.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

A RESOLUTION to submit to the electors
of the State the proposed Woman Suf-
frage amendment to the Constitution was
taken up and discussed in the Senate Of
the Rhode Island General Assembly on
the 1st, and it was passed by vote OF %
yeas to nays.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE Logan Monument Commission of
the Illirois Legislature were in Chicago
on the 25th. Mrs. Logan stated to them
that she had determined on Chicago as
the last resting place for the remains of
her husband.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

MINISTER PENDLEToN expected to sail
from New York on the Sd for his post at
Berlin. This removes him from any
chance of appointment to Cabinet Of
fee or to be an Interstate Commerce
ommissioner.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

The President has approved the act to
indemnity certain subjects of the Chinese
empire for losses sustained by the violence
Of d mob at Rock Springs, wy, in Sep
TENDER, 1855, and the acts in regard to
public buildings at Denver, Colo. Hunts
vile, Ala, and Houston, Tex.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

Riots have occurred in Sardinia, arising
out of the threatened failure of two work
ingmen's savings banks. The Italian
Government has sent experts to examine
the books of the institutions.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

II. G. Wilcox, of Bangor, N Y, who was
hurt in the Vermont Central disaster, died
at Hartford, Vt, on the 2Sth, of erysipelas
The total number of deaths resulting
from the accident is now thirty.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE reduction in the public debt during
February will amount to about 81 OO0, 600.
The comparatively SIN all reduction is at
tributed to heavy pension payments dur
ing the month.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE North German Gazette denies that
Bismarck ever said that Russia should
never take the Balkan States. The Gazette
says further that Germany will not inter-
fere with Russia's plans in the East
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

SOME wealthy Rhode Island business
men are tired Of prohi bition, and have
petitioned for repeal of the law.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

The Austro-Hungarian war credits
asked by the government have been
unanimously voted by the parliaments Of
the two countries.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

GENERAL decentralization is reported in
Canadian business circles, because Of the
political uncertainties resulting from the
recent elections.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THERE are now more than 5000 silk
operatives idle at Paterson, n j., as the
result of the recent strike of the dyers. If
the strike continues many days longer the
number Of idle hands will be doubled.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

Two men, disguised and employed as
workmen on branch OF the Galician rail-
way, were arrested in Austria on the 25th
and confessed to being Russian spies and
emmissaries.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

GERMANY has cons ented to enter an in
ternational conference On the subject OF
sugar premiums. The proposal to hold
such conference was made by England.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE New Jersey Legislature succeeded
on the ID in electing United States Sena-
tor. Rufus Blodgett, Democrat, was
elected by the votes of the Republicans
together with anti-Abbett Democrats
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THE steamer Gaelic arrived at San Fran
cisco on the 2sth from Hong Kong via
Honolulu and reports another outbreak of
lava from Mauna-Loa. All the craters
were in great activity when the steamer
left Honolulu
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

COMMODORE WIN. T. TEUxToN, United
States Navy, retired, died suddenly at his
acme in Norfolk, Va, on the 25th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

THERE is general fear that the clog of
business is so great in Congress, that
some Of the appropriation bills will fail for
want of time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13

American catfish, introduced into
New Zealand in 1879. are now album
dant and of large size.
The number of shad caught during
1886 in the Hudson River is placed by
Fish Commissioners Blackford at l. ia
835, of which 796,3l2 were sold in the
New York market. With an average
price of $14 per 100 the total value was
$l76, 225.
The salmon industry IS on the de-
cline on the Columbia River. Last
year somewhat more than 436, 900 cases
of salmon were put on the market,
against 300, 600 cases in 1880 and &c.
600 in 1884. The scarcity of fish is
accounted for by the blocking of the
river by means of traps, seines, and
nets.
The red-snapper is now standard
fish in New ork markets. The fish
are found on both sides of Florida,
those on the west coast being the larger,
though big fish are not as desirable as
the smaller ones. Connecticut vessels
engage in the business, and the favor
tie ground is on the east coast, of
Cape Canaveral, southwardly to In
dian River, in from twelve to fifteen
fathoms of water. Few fish are taken
north of the cape.
The favorite dish or the Chinaman,
trepang, or beche de mer, is eaten as a
soup, and a very good soup it makes.
The Fish Commission calls attention
to the holohuria, found in immense
quantities in the region of the Queen
Charlotte Islands and Alexander ISL
ands of Alaska, as well as on the west
coast of Vancouver's Island. When
properly cured the trepang would be
worth $40 ton in Canton.
During 1856 the United States Fish
Commission had placed in the various
waters of the United States, from the
tributaries of Narragansett Bay to
those of the Columbia River basin,
81, 404, 900 shad fry. M. Mcdonald,
who has under his immediate charge
the obtaining of the eggs of the shad
and the rearing of the fry, states that
'as the entire number of shad taken
for market is less than six million, it
will be seen that for every shad taken
from the waters this season Tor market
there might have been artiticially
uatCucu duu IeIuIueu W VIC Matcio
::fteen young shad."
The total consumption of sailed and
dried Goldfish has occupied the attention
of the German Fishery Association,
and the following figures are present
ed Norway exports $4,000 cod
as kip fish or stock fish-Canada
5000, 900, and Newfoundland 33, 5O0,-
900. The total from all the fisheries
is 124, 800, 900, the United States, Ice
land, France, and Holland making up
the rest. Catholic countries are the
greatest consumers of cod. Spain uses
81, 900, 600, the West Indies 81, 700, 0O0,
Italy and austria Is, 400, 900, the Bra
zils 100000, Portugal 100000,
and Great Britain and Ireland Z, 100,
600. An estimare of the value is
SIC, $50, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13

Water-spouts are Simply whirlwinds
on the ocean. They are caused by
atmospheric currents which form n
whirl, generally quite high in the air.
a cloud from which reaches down, In
the shape of an inverted cone, to the
surface of the sea. On reaching this
the water commences to boil and effer-
vesce, just as it does when steamers
propeller is churning, and an upright
cone is formed under and joined to
the first one, giving the completed
spout the appearance of solid column,
shaped like an hour-glass. Spray in
considerable quantities is carried up
the column, just as leaves, sticks, and
other solids are by tornadoes on land.
Often there is a hollow, saucer-like
space at the base of the column. Oc-
casionally two spouts form near each
other, and then suddenly merge into
one.
In color, water-spouts are black or
gray. Sometimes they are straight,
and sometimes spiral and standing at
q considerable angie with the surface
OF the ocean. They have both a cir
cular and forward movement, but
ordinarily they are not of long dura-
ton. The upper and lower cones move
with different degrees of speed, and
the spout first bends and then breaks
and disappears. When the spout
is completed a roaring noise is
heard, like that caused by waterfall.
After it breaks water descends in the
shape of heavy rain, aad this, even in
the middle of the ocean, is always
fresh, showing that it comes from the
clouds, and is not the salt spray raised
from the sea. In some cases the base
of this wonderful column is as much as
800 feet in diameter, and the whole
spout half mile high. They are most
common in the tropics, but are occa-
sionally encountered in the Atlantic, as
high as forty degrees north latitude.
Often several appear at once. 1t has
been thought that they were most fire.
quent in the hot summer months, but
since the issue, by the photographic
Office, of the North Atlantic Pilot
Chart, nearly as many have been re-
ported In winter as in summer, thus
upsetting former theories on the sub
ject.
The influence of spout is not felt
very far from its immediate vicinity,
and a vessel is not ordinarily in any
danger unless directly below it. In
this case, however, vessels sometimes
lose their sails and masts, and occa-
sionally some of the crew are swept
overheard. When vessel is threat
ened in this way the danger may be
overcome by firing cannon ball into
the center of the spout, which bursts
it and renders it harmless.
If a spout, formed near the coast,
passes in its forward motion from the
sea on to the land, and there encoun-
ters anything to suddenly break it,
heavy and damaging torrents result,
which sometimes cause great loss OF
life. The Christian Union.